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'The Changeling' Is, Itself, A Changeling Of A Book

7:00am June 17, 2017

by Amal El-Mohtar

Victor LaValle's story of a rare book dealer whose life is torn apart after his wife commits an act of violence and vanishes is by turns enchanting, horrifying, infuriating and heartbreaking.

Music therapist Brian Schreck began working with Nate Kramer after he was diagnosed with leukemia. Together, they recorded a song of Nate's heartbeat layered over melodies.

Heartbeat Music: Parents Remember Their Son Through His Song Of Life

7:34pm June 16, 2017

by Erika Lantz

Nate Kramer was a tall, quiet collegiate swimmer when he was diagnosed with leukemia. He died four years later. But during treatment he met a therapist, and together they played and recorded music.

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For our critic Eric Deggans, John Amos's performance as the powerful, hardworking dad on Good Times was formative.

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Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

6:03pm June 16, 2017

by Eric Deggans

After 20 years as a television critic — and many more as a simple viewer — a reflection on how a kid who mostly grew up without a father learned how to become one himself by watching dads on TV.

Children's book author Roald Dahl and his daughter Lucy. "Food was a huge part of our upbringing," Lucy Dahl says. Her father delighted his children with fanciful "midnight feasts" in the woods and often used mealtime to test out new characters from stori

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What If Willy Wonka Was Your Dad? Roald Dahl's Magical Parenting With Food

2:28pm June 16, 2017

by Dan Pashman

Food played a big role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Dahl's other books. His daughter remembers fanciful "midnight feasts" and says her father used mealtime to test out new characters.

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Why 'The Mummy' Is The Most Important Bad Movie Of The Year

1:37pm June 16, 2017

by David Edelstein

The lousiness of The Mummy isn't the stars' fault — it's the storytelling. Universal has announced plans to make more like it, which is scarier than anything in the movie itself.

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I Rest My Case

12:39pm June 16, 2017

very answer in this game is be a word or phrase ending in the word "case."

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Name That Sound

12:39pm June 16, 2017

KLAXON, KLAXON, KLAXON. That's the name for the classic horn "awooga" sound. Contestants guess the official names of common sound effects and production music in this audio quiz.

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Annabelle Gurwitch: 'Don't Treat Me Like Family'

12:39pm June 16, 2017

Annabelle Gurwitch shares stories from her humorous memoir, Wherever You Go, There They Are. Then we challenge the former Dinner and a Movie co-host to guess real and fake recipes from the show.

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Reverse Reality

12:39pm June 16, 2017

We describe reality television shows as if they were playing in reverse, and contestants tell us which show we're talking about.

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Mall And Oates

12:39pm June 16, 2017

Say it isn't so...we rewrote hit Hall and Oates songs to be about stores in the mall. We understand if you can't go for that.

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